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Lawyers salary in Little Rock, AR

Median pay for lawyers in Little Rock, AR: $92,350/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $35,980 – $166,150 · about 1,620 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($119,840) by −$27,490 (-23%).

What it's really worth in Little Rock

With Little Rock's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $92,350 has the buying power of about $103,173 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,664 · median home $231,039 · median rent $1,246/mo.

Full Little Rock cost of living & taxes →

How Little Rock ranks for this job

On raw pay, Little Rock, AR is 176th of the 183 metros we hold lawyers wages for. Once Little Rock's cost of living is applied, it ranks 172nd.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Little Rock sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Little Rock

A median home in Little Rock, AR costs $231,039 — about 2.5× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,246/mo works out at 16% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where lawyers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Little Rock.

MetroMedian payvs Little RockRent vs Little Rock
San Jose, CA $239,200 +159% 2.9×
San Francisco, CA $217,340 +135% 2.6×
Los Angeles, CA $194,020 +110% 2.3×
New York, NY $185,790 +101% 2.8×

Same job elsewhere in AR

MetroMedian payvs Little RockRent vs Little Rock
Fayetteville, AR $109,420 +18% 1.3×
Fort Smith, AR $90,670 −2% 0.8×

Staying in AR keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 183 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.